Local Republicans question Iraq pullout

5:22 PM,
Dec. 19, 2011

Written by

Deirdre Shesgreen

As the Obama administration withdrew the last American troops from Iraq and officially ended the war last week, Ohio lawmakers are as divided as ever about the nearly nine-year-old conflict.

The sentiments of the Cincinnati area members of Congress range from dread to relief to elation as they watch the U.S. military presence in Iraq shrink to a skeletal force of a few hundred who will remain to help train Iraqi security forces and other tasks.

The mostly partisan split over Iraq includes disagreements over the decision to pull out by Dec. 31, whether the war was worth fighting, and whether the ...